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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29723 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29723 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 31 March 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-29723, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-29723 NVD summary: IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 2.4.3.2, and 3.4.3.2 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive […]

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How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 8

Vagrant is a command-line tool for building and managing reproducible virtual machine environments, and when paired with VirtualBox it gives developers a fast, portable way to spin up isolated Linux VMs on a RHEL 8 host. Using a declarative Vagrantfile, you can define the base box, network settings, shared folders, and provisioning scripts so that […]

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FreeBSD 13 — dhcpcd — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — dhcpcd — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 March 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dhcpcd — remote code execution/denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7912 CVE-2014-7913 CVE-2016-1503 CVE-2016-1504 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: The get_option function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 6.2.0, as used in dhcpcd […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py27-foolscap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py27-foolscap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 March 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-foolscap — local file inclusion Upstream summary: Brian Warner reports: The "flappserver" feature was found to have a vulnerability in the service-lookup code which, when combined with an attacker who […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py24-pylons — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py24-pylons — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 March 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-pylons — Path traversal bug Upstream summary: Pylons team reports: The error.py controller uses paste.fileapp to serve the static resources to the browser. The default error.py controller uses os.path.join to […]

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How to Configure CentOS Stream 9 with Secure Boot — step-by-step CentOS Stream 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure CentOS Stream 9 with Secure Boot

Introduction Setting up configure centos stream 9 with secure boot on a CentOS Stream 9 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Configure CentOS Stream 9 with Secure Boot, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to keep in […]

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FreeBSD 13 — firebird-server — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — firebird-server — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 March 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: firebird — multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities Upstream summary: RISE Security reports: There exists multiple vulnerabilities within functions of Firebird Relational Database, which when properly exploited can lead to remote […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — cpio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — cpio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2022:1991 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-38185 Upstream summary: The cpio packages provide the GNU cpio utility for creating and extracting archives, or copying files from one place to another. Security Fix(es): * cpio: integer […]

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Debian 11 — libui-dialog-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libui-dialog-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 March 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7315 Upstream summary: UI-Dialog 1.09 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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